Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

NOTE 8—EARNINGS PER SHARE

The weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Weighted Average Shares for Basic Earnings per Share		55,168		54,769		55,091		54,736
Dilutive effect of:
Stock options		152		244		178		255
Stock appreciation rights		731		246		666		234
Restricted stock awards		212		249		207		239
Weighted Average Shares for Diluted Earnings per Share		56,263		55,508		56,142		55,464

The following schedule shows stock appreciation rights ("SARs") which were outstanding and could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future but which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the periods indicated because to do so would have been antidilutive (in thousands).

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2012				Six Months Ended March 31, 2011
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		First Quarter		Second Quarter
SARs at $66.07 per share		—		—		504		497
SARs at $58.79 per share		—		—		8		—
SARs at $56.27 per share		—		—		372		—
SARs at $57.14 per share		—		—		13		13
SARs at $57.45 per share		—		—		536		536
SARs at $61.98 per share		—		—		6		6
SARs at $62.03 per share		—		—		—		3
SARs at $61.95 per share		—		—		—		6
SARs at $74.65 per share		—		491		—		—